A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it